Media Consumption
Samsung, Google partner on 3D audio technology for TVs
Content creators will be able to upload videos with Eclipsa Audio tracks to YouTube for viewing on Samsung's 2025 range of TVs
immersive audio
Audio
Opinion: FAST needs better audio quality
Costa Nikols, strategy advisor, M&E at Telos Alliance explains why FAST platforms must no longer accept "good enough" for audio
Live Production
TVN selects Leader and Phabrix T&M units for latest OB truck
TVN-OB8 joins a European fleet of 11 OB vans and 13 SNG units, aiming to expand UHD, HDR and immersive audio production
Audio
How Wounded Buffalo creates natural history soundscapes that are ‘believable yet captivating’
Avid's solutions enable the Wounded Buffalo team to create immersive natural world soundscapes
Audio
Audio with a punch: How Sky Sports is capturing audio inside and out of the boxing ring
TVBEurope hears from the Sky Sports Boxing sound team about how they are delivering a more immersive experience for boxing fans
Metaverse
Nokia makes world’s first immersive audio call, paving way to XR and metaverse applications
The IVAS codec technology enables live spatial audio across any connected devices (e.g. smartphones, tablets or PCs), enabling users to engage in real-life interaction...
Audio
Vaudeville Sound Group, Google partner on 3D audio models for IAMF specification
IAMF is a codec-agnostic container specification that can carry information for playback time rendering algorithms and audio mixing
Audio
Disney Plus to add IMAX-quality immersive sound in 2023
The “specially calibrated” audio ensures that “filmmakers’ creative intent is fully optimised for an IMAX-quality presentation"
Audio
BBC launches immersive spatial audio soundscapes explorer
The Soundscape Explorer tool decodes a shared link to grab the sounds from the sound effects library and then positions them (randomly) in 3D...
Audio
MotoGP puts Audio-Technica at heart of audio remote production plans
Remote production suite will be located at Dorna Sports' facility in Barcelona, Spain and will include a custom-built 7.1.4 / 5.1.4 dedicated audio control room
Media Consumption
The future of live sports: 4K UHD, immersive audio and personalised content
As video service providers and broadcasters compete for eyeballs, Harmonic's Stephane Cloirec explains why providing the best possible user experience is an excellent way...
Media Management
Television Academy launches Science and Technology Group
Group will look at newer areas of production technologies such as virtual production, cloud collaboration and immersive audio
Audio
The next generation role for broadcast audio
Experts from BBC R&D, Calrec and Audinate discuss everything from audio-over-IP to immersive audio in a special TVBEurope roundtable
Audio
BBC R&D trials immersive Six Nations audio
Trial enables viewers to turn phones, tablets and laptops into extra speakers in order to surround themselves in the sounds of the game
Audio
An inside look at immersive audio
Immersive audio pioneer Felix Krückels talks to TVBEurope about next generation audio, how to prepare, and how to mix the audio for live broadcasts.
Business
TVBEurope November/December 2020 issue released
Latest issue focus on the realities: augmented, virtual, and immersive audio. It also includes an investigation into ITV's drama Des, and interviews with the...
Audio
BBC scares up immersive audio Hallowe’en drama
Monster uses the listener’s connected devices to create the experience, rather than the listener being plugged in via headphones.
Audio
Apple patents technology for surround sound on MacBooks
Aims to give viewers watching film or TV content on a laptop a more immersive experience
Business
BBC working on interactive drama for Alexa and Google Home
The drama will be released later this year
Opinion
Exploring the future of live audio production: Part I
With exciting developments surrounding immersive and personalised audio, and the continuing implementation of remote production techniques, 2017 is shaping up to be a hugely...